The Insight Journal

Published since 1989, Insight Journal offers Dharma articles of lasting interest, including original writing, illuminating interviews, transcripts, excerpts, and sutta study. The Journal provides critical and exegetical reflections on Buddhist traditions and practices, grounded in a broad comparative perspective. 

Explore and experience the profound insights of Buddhist inquiry with this freely offered resource and online archive.

Spring 2025

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Speech as Skillful Means

No Greater Contentment: The Poem of Bhuta (Theragāthā 522-526)

Māra Meets His Match (Samyutta Nikāya 1.5.2)

Stepping Out of the Palace

Investigation: Listening as Deeply as We Possibly Can

The Tathāgata Is “Truly Gone”

Vipassana in Snow White: A Fairy Tale Jataka Story

Renunciation: The Highest Happiness

IMS Turns Twenty: A Guest Reflects On The Celebration

Very Good Dharma Friends

A Mother’s Blessing

Right Livelihood and Spiritual Practice